After Nani, FA Slams Ferguson
By admin - November 16th, 2009

Trouble seems to be following Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson. Soon after Nani lashed out at the manager for his tyrannical management, the Football Association (FA) has announced a fine and ban for Ferguson for his stinging attack on referee Alan Wiley’s fitness.

Sir Alex Ferguson has received a two-match touchline ban for his comments about referee Alan Wiley’s fitness.

More trouble for the controversial manager

The Football Association handed the 67-year-old a four-game ban, with two of those suspended until the end of the 2010/11 season. Ferguson has also been fined £20,000 and warned about his future conduct.

Ferguson had made withering comments about Wiley’s fitness after his side’s 2-2 draw with Sunderland on 3 October. “The pace of the game demanded a referee who was fit. He was not fit, “Ferguson had remarked after the match.

Ferguson in an argument with referee Alan Willey

He had later apologized to the referee for any embarrassment caused and pleaded guilty to the FA’s charge of improper conduct, but requested a personal hearing.

Peter Griffiths QC, chairman of the FA’s four-man regulatory commission, said: “The commission considered his admitted remarks, in the context in which they were made, were not just improper but were grossly improper and wholly inappropriate. He should never have said what he did say.”

Ferguson will now serve the touchline ban in Manchester United’s forthcoming Premier League matches at home to Everton on 21 November and away at Portsmouth on 28 November. The suspended sanction will be automatically activated should he be found guilty of a similar charge before the end of the 2010/11 season on top of any sanction imposed for that offence.

However, Alan Leighton, head of referees’ union Prospect, felt Ferguson’s apology had been “half-hearted” and was also disappointed by the ruling.

“From our point of view it is disappointing. The Football Association had a chance to make a point and they flunked it,” he said. “To question the fitness of referee is to question his ability to do the job and his integrity,” Leighton said.

Ferguson has a history of improper conduct charges for incidents involving referees. In the 2007/08 season he was given a two-match touchline ban and fined £5,000 for his angry outburst at referee Mark Clattenburg during a match at Bolton. Then, during the last campaign he was banned for two games and fined £10,000 after a squabble with referee Mike Dean after a match against Hull.

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One Response to “After Nani, FA Slams Ferguson”

  1. Nani says:
    May 11, 2010 at 5:03 am

    So glad that Nani finally started to prove his worth in teh second half of the season – hope he does well for Portugal too :)

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